Moscow: Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on Saturday that nobody could guarantee that the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv would survive to see May 10 if Ukraine attacked Moscow during World War Two victory celebrations on May 9. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in May in the…
Putin has vowed to punish those behind the “barbaric terrorist attack”. (File) Washington: Ukraine had “no involvement whatsoever” in the massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the White House said Sunday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested a Kyiv connection. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was…
Russian forces also said that Kyiv had shelled polling stations. St Petersburg: A woman threw a Molotov cocktail Friday at a school being used as a voting station in Saint Petersburg during Russia’s presidential elections, electoral authorities said. The suspect was in her 20s, electoral official Maxim Meiksin said on Telegram. “The unlawful actions were…
Russia is all set to hold presidential elections from March 15-17. (File) Thiruvananthapuram: Russian citizens residing in Kerala cast their votes for the Russian presidential elections at the booth specifically arranged at the Honorary Consulate of the Russian Federation, Russian House, in Thiruvananthapuram. Ratheesh Nair, Honorary Consul of Russia and Director of the Russian House…
Two years on, where does the Ukraine war stand? Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered its third year. What many thought on February 24, 2022 would be a swift Russian military operation against its smaller neighbour has turned out to be the largest land war in Europe since the end of the Second World War….
Valeriy Zaluzhnyi began his military training in the 1990s. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian armed forces commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who was replaced on Thursday, became a national hero for repelling Moscow’s invading forces two years ago but suffered battlefield setbacks as the war ground on. The move ends intense speculation over his fate after reported frictions…
Debris from a missile fell near Lyubimovka, said Russian Defence Ministry (Representational) Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said it destroyed 20 missiles launched by Ukraine over the Black Sea and the Moscow-annexed Crimea peninsula. “Air defence on duty destroyed 17 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea and another three over the Crimea peninsula,” the Russian defence…
Ukraine has also not confirmed or denied Russia’s central claim that Kyiv shot down the plane (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s SBU security service on Thursday opened a criminal probe into the downing of a Russian military plane that Moscow said killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kyiv has not said whether captured Ukrainian soldiers were killed…
Russia has vigorously denied committing atrocities or targeting civilians in Ukraine (File) The Hague: A former Russian soldier has sought asylum in the Netherlands and wants to testify at the International Criminal Court about war crimes by Russia that he witnessed while fighting in Ukraine, a Dutch legal source told Reuters on Tuesday. The man,…
